We continued talking about chapter 10.Cuba- in 1902 the U.S. granted Cuba independence with the Teller Amendment, U.S. retained the right to intervene to preserve Cuba's independence and stabilitty with the Platt Amendment, the U.S. got control of Guantanomo Bay as well- it's a naval base U.S. still has control of today, in 1934, the Platt Amendment was repealed.Emilio Aguinaldo declared Philippine independence from Spain on June 12, 1898. After the Spainish- American War rhe U.S. took over the islands for 20 million dollars in the 1898 Treaty of Paris.Philippine-American War- the Philippine-American War broke out after the Filipinos realized that the U.S. wouldn't give them independence, it ended with the American control over the islands, 12,000- 20,000 Filipinos died, 200,000- 1.5 million Filipino civilians died, some contend U.S. commited genocide, 4,165 U.S. soldiers died.In 1935 the Philippines were granted Commonwealth status, plans for independence over the next decade was interrupted by World War 2 when the Japanese invaded and took them over, allied troops defeted the Japanese in 1945, on July 4, 1946, the Philippines attained its independence.China- by the late 1800's, it was looking as if China would be carved up like Africa, China wanted to prevent this from happening.Boxer Rebelion- they did a boxing exercise, they wanted the other countries to get out, they started killing Europeans in China.John Hay- Open Door Policy- promised China's independence and all countries could trade freely with China.
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